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The Democrat, 33-year old Marine Corps veteran and former assistant U.S. attorney Conor Lamb is taking on 60-year old, four-term state representative Rick Saccone to represent the southwestern Pennsylvania district where President Donald Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by nearly 20 points in the 2016 presidential election.

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paul_I

2018-03-14T17:26:08

The old adage has never more applicable before now describing the relationship between Donald Trump and his strongest supporters: "You can fool some of the people all of the time". The remainder of the adage also is relevant: "You can fool all of the people some of the time" (2016 election), and "You can't fool all of the people all of the time" (next election).

Looks like a Democratic win to me. It was said last night that there are 110 other races this fall where a Democrat is more competitive than this race. Democrats are hoping Trump continues to campaign for GOP votes as his record for losing elections continues to grow. All Republicans running for office will need to ask if they really want to be associated with Trump, given what the future may hold.

The news is Hillary couldn't win this area and now a Dem has won this area. Not that Trump did win. That was news for his election. She is not now nor ever will be trusted or likeable. Any other Dem candidate would likely have won for them. Too bad her husband Bill did not run. But I'm sure that is her payoff for staying with him and keeping her mouth shut about his infidelities all those years.

Saccone will probably win, despite what the MSM says. But it will obviously be oh so close.

A Trump district but Lamb outspent Saccone 5-1.

And the whole district will be changed for the general election due to a Penn State Supreme Court which ruled that the present districts are unconstitutional. Of course this court was packed with by Democrats 5-2. And that eventualyl favors the Democrats.

Precinct results are not currently available for Westmoreland County. Precinct results may not match district-wide results.

Live Estimates of the Final Vote

Precinct results are not currently available in Westmoreland County, a heavily Republican part of the district. We’re monitoring the county-level results closely, but for now we can’t responsibly make a forecast without more detailed information about where in Westmoreland County the votes are coming from.

Sources: Election results and race calls from The Associated Press. Precinct-level results from county election offices. Other precinct data compiled by Nathaniel Kelso and Michal Migurski.

As the race is now neck & neck they will now do a hand count of the paper ballots which will take house and the results are not expected till tomorrow - but most of the Absentee ballots favor Dem's and there are more then 3,000 of them plus military ballots.

Some in the media have suggested that this special election may serve as an early indicator of how the midterms will go, and indirectly an indication of how the voters feel about Trump. Mission accomplished whether Lamb wins or not.

Conor Lamb: 33-year old Marine Corps veteran and former assistant U.S. attorney; Rick Saccone: 60 year-old, 4 term incumbent. It appears that Saccone's main qualification for office is the fact that he's been there for so long. Seriously?